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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:30 PM
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Poll question: Should the GOP get rid of their candidates and nominate an eggplant instead?
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:31 PM
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1. An eggplant that looks like Ronald Reagan.....
(It would already be about as equally lucid as Ronnie in his second term)
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:34 PM
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8. The Virgin Mary Potato could be it's running mate...
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:35 PM
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11. LOL.....
Actually it looks like Dan Quayle!
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:39 PM
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18. Wow! And she'll last longer than the grilled cheese sandwich & energize the Idaho vote
:)
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ProgressiveFool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 05:33 PM
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51. For the ultimate in long-lasting freshness, they should nominate a Twinkie
Edited on Wed Jan-16-08 05:34 PM by ProgressiveFool
Those things will last through the Rapture/Apocalypse/Kingdom Come or whatever.

edit: after reading further in the thread, I have to agree that Mittens Romney actually probably is a Twinkie.
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:32 PM
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2. Eggplants are more useful to humanity than Republican candidates, so...absolutely.
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:32 PM
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3. I thought the GOP candidates were eggplants
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:34 PM
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4. That's an insult! Eggplants everywhere take exception, says PETV!
PETV

(People for the Ethical Treatment of vegetables)
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HeraldSquare212 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:34 PM
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5. I swear, we should create a fake GOP candidate just as a joke
and see how many votes the fake gets. Make it someone with a strange dichotomy in their make-up that would fry the freepers brains - like Iranian-American, second generation, parents illegal immigrants, but thins the Constitution should be amended to accord with Christian (Protestant/Baptist) theology, etc.
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:35 PM
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12. Maybe an Arab named Jesus?....n/t
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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:36 PM
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14. They've already got a fake candidate - Mittens
He's made entirely of synthetic materials, from the soles of his shoes, to the top of his plastic hair.
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:42 PM
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21. He'll never decompose.
Hence, he doesn't have to worry about global warming.
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 04:32 PM
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40. The comedian who does CIA agent character, Scrub, could paradoy seriously.
A poker faced version saying all the right things, never cracking up.
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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:34 PM
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6. What did the poor eggplant do to deserve such a fate?
:shrug:
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:34 PM
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7. mmmm i love me some eggplant
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sicksicksick_N_tired Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:35 PM
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9. *LOL* But they are swearing to gawd their candidates are sooo wonderful!!!!
Especially compared to ANY Democratic nominee.

:rofl:

Are they being paid or are they completely brainwashed or are they just really REALLY sick SICK sick?

:shrug:

I wish I knew.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:35 PM
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10. Uncommitted 17,971 - Hunter 2,823
Edited on Wed Jan-16-08 02:35 PM by LSK
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#MI

:rofl:
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:38 PM
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16. I'll bet we can get at least 5% of those uncommitteds for Eggplant
And then have them committed. :)
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:58 PM
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27. Holly Hunter is running for president ... as a Republican?
Nobody told me!

--p!
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dorkulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:35 PM
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13. GOP would never vote for a dark-skinned candidate.
They only like white vegetables.
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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:37 PM
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15. Then explain Bobby Jindal in Louisiana n/t
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dorkulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:39 PM
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17. Dude. We're talking about an eggplant.
It's a joke. Lighten up.
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CorpGovActivist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:40 PM
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19. Clearly, You're Trying to Ignore and Marginalize the Meth-Addled Duck...
... so I voted "Other."

- Dave
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:45 PM
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23. I'm sure we can come to some sort of compromise. Meth-Duck can be VP
Wouldn't THAT make state funerals more interesting?

(And the strung-out quacker could always be placed in an Undisclosed Location when he got too embarassing.)
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CorpGovActivist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 04:22 PM
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38. Well, the Duck *Does* Enjoy Smoke-Filled Back Rooms n/t
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 04:50 PM
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46. Just tell him not to inhale.
:)
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CorpGovActivist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 04:51 PM
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48. I'm Pretty Sure That's a Key Plank in His Platform n/t
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:42 PM
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20. How about a tomato?
I might be attracted to a tomato, as long as it is garden grown and not one of those things bought in supermarkets with the texture of an overdone stringy steak.
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:46 PM
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25. And not genetically altered
...
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:43 PM
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22. I hope it is not this eggplant...


:evilgrin:
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:46 PM
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24. We'll run that one in David Vitter's district.
:)
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:47 PM
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26. LOL
I KNEW it was repuke
pervy eggplant the first
time I saw it.

:D
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 04:51 PM
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47. Oh, my goodness!
Is that for real??
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 05:10 PM
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49. Yes. nt
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 02:59 PM
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28. Oh great, another Romney thread
:bounce::rofl:
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 03:10 PM
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31. Romney is a potted plant.....
one of those Rentokil things.
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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 03:00 PM
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29. GOP eggplant? isn't there already one of those in the white house?
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 03:01 PM
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30. Oh, god no
An eggplant might split the vegetarian/vegan vote away from Democrats and suck up the independent vote, resulting in a Republican plurality win!

:rofl:
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 03:12 PM
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32. No, we don't want them to improve their chances.
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 03:50 PM
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33. LOL!
:)
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 03:52 PM
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34. I KNEW they were mating with vegetables, I knew it.
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ThoughtCriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 03:56 PM
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35. Eggplant: "If nominated, I will flee the country"
"If elected, I will fight extradition"

(somebody tell me where that quote came from)
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 04:00 PM
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36. Well, they're all claiming the mental capacity of one particular eggplant clone.
Ronnie "The Drool" Reagan.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 04:20 PM
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37. I'm allergic to both. n/t
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 04:29 PM
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39. I had to select "Other" because Huckles called those who don't support him "Others"
Seriously, expect that eggplant to be just as shiny as one from your garden fresh. Yes, expect the bald sidekick of the current dynamic duo, Dick Cheney, to sparkle under the lights and fill that void.

I got an advance copy of the script, an no, no mention of eggplants.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 04:35 PM
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41. An eggplant would put them all to shame.
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Dawggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 04:37 PM
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42. LOL!!!!! You should have a selection of: You just made me spray my monitor & keyboard w/coffee!
This was a great question. Five thumbs up! Or at least a rec.
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 04:45 PM
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43. We passed the "spray test"! (We'd like to thank our producer, our director...)
:)
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Tejanocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 04:46 PM
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44. I don't think the Republicans will nominate a black skinned vegetable in my lifetime.
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 05:30 PM
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50. Purple? I thought eggplants were purple???
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 06:40 PM
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52. They keep trying to run Reagan this year and HE'S purple now....
:)
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-16-08 04:50 PM
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45. Equal rights for Aubergines! n/t
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 03:47 PM
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53. Bump for voting vegetables.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:44 PM
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54. Is "The Spotted Owl" grandpa Thompson's new nickname?
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